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Sweet Box Thorn

Lycium pumilum

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Africa.January 3, February 6, March 10, April 17, May 8, June 2, July 1, August 6, September 8, October 5, November 1, December 1.
South Africa68
Western Cape52
Eastern Cape10
Nothern Cape6

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Ordernightshades, bindweeds, gooseweeds, and allies · Solanales
Familynightshade family · Solanaceae
Genusboxthorns · Lycium

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